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SEBDA News - Autumn 2006 Issue 10

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  • p.1 SEBD not BESD, says Commons Select Committee; Poisoned childhood and damaged mental health?; Bring back compulsory foreign language teaching at KS4? The SEBDA 2006 Autumn programme
  • p.3 Chairman's report: Director's Notes
  • p.4 Modern life leads to more child mental health problems, say leading lights, including Archbishop and Richard Bowlby.Where's the evidence, asks Prof.Robert Winston.
  • p.4 Education Officer's Report on LACs, EP training, BEST and more: Dr John Visser
  • p.7 The Select Committee, the Observer and Inclusion:Ted Cole
  • p.8 The Darlington Village (federation) is visited by the House of Commons Select Committee
  • p.8 SEBD - Which Ways Forward? Ted Cole summarises a report commissioned by DfES
  • p.9 Scottish Scene: EIS calls for more 'off-site behaviour units; secure units; anti-bullying
  • p.11 Wales: Alternative Curriculum Programme and disaffected youth in South Wales,Tim Opie,Youth Policy Officer for the Welsh Local Government Association, summarises his research.
  • p.13 The collaborative approach: three students describe their work on their KS4 PRU school council in Swansea.
  • p.14 From the English media, Summer 2006 - the vicar who kissed a child, primary head cleared and re-instated after year-long suspension, dance lessens ADHD and much more.
  • p.15 The NAES Conference, 2006 - Ted Cole reports
  • p.16 The www.prus.org (formerly NOfPRUs) conference - Barbara Knowles
  • p.17 The quieter, within-child side of SEBD: Bronach Hughes Regional Development Manager, Pyramid, looks at the large- and overlooked? - number of children with SEBD who do not 'act out'.
  • p.18 Article: 'Repairing and rebuilding relationships: the heart of the matter': Phil Craig, Kirklees
  • p.20 DfES NPSLBA: BESD pilot; NPSLBA is contracted out to Capita;Award Ceremony in Durham
  • p.21 Nurture groups in Cornwall: Emma Phillips reports from Rosemellin
  • p.22 Ofsted and successful SEBD schools and PRUs - Ted Cole looks at the impressive inspections reports of a sample of establishments, praised by parents and pupils. The paean of Glenys Fox, HMI, on Ian Mikardo School,Tower Hamlets, gets pride of place
  • p.24 The talking dog and other reflections on SEBD, Mike McKeon, Newham BSS, muses on how we too often make wrong assumptions about children's behaviour.
  • p.24 What a Merseyside PRU offers, Lena Wheatley writes enthusiastically about the work and successes of the Newstead Vocational Centre, Knowsley
  • p.25 Pupil support and a pioneer multi-agency support team in West Yorkshire, part two of Joan Normington's article.
  • p.27 Social Scene with Cynthia Cross: the Barnardo's report on children looked after; changes to CSCI inspections; NCB criticism of government anti-social behaviour policies.
  • p.31 Regional and Development Officer reports
  • p.34 SEBDA Professional Development report
  • p.36 Steer Report recommendations on SEBD
  • p.37 Early years book: a review by Patrick Webb
  • p.39 Conference details and events diary.